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DC judge welcomes teenagers to explore the law in 25th annual Youth Law Fair 03/15/2024 08:15pm • On Saturday, more than 150 high school students will be headed to D.C. Superior Court, and Judge Kenia Seoane López can't wait to see them: "Oh my God, it's so much fun to see the kids running around the courthouse." They'll be taking part in the 25th annual Youth Law Fair. The centerpiece of th Teen gets 40 years in prison for Denver house fire that killed 5 from Senegal 03/15/2024 08:12pm • DENVER (AP) — One of three teenagers charged with starting a Denver house fire that killed five people — apparently out of revenge for a stolen cellphone that was mistakenly traced to the home — was sentenced Friday to 40 years in prison. Gavin Seymour, 19, pleaded guilty in January to one cou White House encourages House Republicans to 'move on' from their Biden impeachment effort 03/15/2024 02:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's top White House lawyer is encouraging House Speaker Mike Johnson to end his chamber's efforts to impeach the president over unproven claims that he benefited from the business dealings of his son and brother. White House counsel Ed Siskel wrote in a Friday The Supreme Court upholds mandatory prison terms for some low-level drug dealers 03/15/2024 11:21am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that thousands of low-level drug dealers are ineligible for shortened prison terms under a Trump-era bipartisan criminal justice overhaul. The justices took the case of Mark Pulsifer, an Iowa man who was convicted of distributing at least 50 grams o US Attorney for DC is prosecuting more cases as promising crime trends emerge 03/15/2024 06:00am • The U.S. Attorney for D.C. prosecuted more cases in the first quarter of fiscal 2024 than it did in the last quarter of fiscal 2023, according to new data released Thursday. In the last three months of 2023, the office prosecuted 55% of cases. That's up from the 53% of cases it prosecuted from Ju Judge rejects bid by Donald Trump to throw out classified documents case on constitutional grounds 03/14/2024 10:31pm • FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday rejected one bid by Donald Trump to throw out out his classified documents criminal case, and appeared skeptical during hours of arguments of a separate effort to scuttle the prosecution ahead of trial. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon issued a Prosecutors say they're open to delaying Donald Trump's March 25 hush-money trial for a month 03/14/2024 08:51pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors said Thursday they are open to delaying the start of Donald Trump's hush-money criminal trial by a month “in an abundance of caution” to give the former president's lawyers time to review evidence they only recently obtained from a previous federal investig What Is Extradition? 03/14/2024 08:00pm • Imagine that someone has committed a serious crime -- they killed someone or embezzled money -- then they flee the jurisdiction before they can be prosecuted. Extradition is the legal process for a country to send an offender back to that first jurisdiction to stand trial or, if they have already be Teen rapper 'Baby K' pleads guilty to attempted murder in Maryland school bus attack 03/14/2024 04:10pm • A 16-year-old known as "Baby K" has taken a plea deal in the case tied to the attempted killing of a student on a Prince George’s County, Maryland, school bus in May 2023. Under the terms of the deal, "Baby K," whose real name is Kaeden Holland, pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder a Facts about straw purchases of weapons, and what's being done to stop them 03/14/2024 04:01pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — It's a scenario that plays out over and over again at American crime scenes: The investigation reveals that the shooter didn't get his firearm legally from a store or gun show, but instead obtained it from someone who did. It's known as a straw purchase. A federal law signed in 20 Prosecutors: A 'network' of supporters helped fugitives avoid capture after Capitol riot 03/14/2024 04:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida man charged with interfering with police during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol is connected to a “network” of supporters who have helped other Capitol riot defendants avoid capture by the FBI, prosecutors said in a court filing this week. A federal judg Bill to undo Memphis’ traffic stop reforms after Tyre Nichols death headed to governor's desk 03/14/2024 02:26pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Legislation designed to undo police traffic stop reforms set in place after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers last year is now headed to Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's desk, despite emotional pleas to abandon the measure from Nichols' family and accusation Race for Chicago-area prosecutor seat features tough-on-crime judge, lawyer with Democratic backing 03/14/2024 07:09am • CHICAGO (AP) — An open seat to lead the nation’s second-largest prosecutor’s office has become one of the most spirited races in the Illinois primary with a Democratic matchup between a tough-on-crime judge and an attorney with union and establishment backing. The Cook County state’s attorne Former Mormon bishop highlighted in AP investigation arrested on felony child sex abuse charges 03/13/2024 08:14pm • A former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was featured in an Associated Press investigation into how the church protects itself from allegations of sexual abuse was arrested by police in Virginia this week after being indicted on charges he sexually abused his daughter w Kemp signs Georgia law reviving prosecutor sanctions panel. Democrats fear it's aimed at Fani Willis 03/13/2024 04:39pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a law Wednesday that lets a state commission begin operating with powers to discipline and remove prosecutors, potentially disrupting Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ prosecution of former President Donald Trump. “This legislation will